From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 17 22:27:44 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE8951065694 for ; Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:27:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adam@imedmobility.com) Received: from imedmobility.com (host-50.216-16-29.iw.net [216.16.29.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A71AE8FC08 for ; Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:27:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adam@imedmobility.com) Received: from midco.net (host-47-73-107-208.midco.net [208.107.73.47]) by imedmobility.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 1492E1173C62 for ; Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:10:46 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <499B35D4.2090007@imedmobility.com> Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:10:28 +0000 From: Adam Vande More User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 (X11/20081225) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: proftpd and sftp X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:27:46 -0000 I've got proftpd running on my server and on a whim tried an sftp connection for a website I was working on. To my amazment, transfer speeds increase exponentially. Getting a directory of about 300 files totaling around 5M takes around 10 minutes using default proftpd.conf in passive mode. Same directory takes under 2 using sftp. These options are in proftpd.conf UseReverseDNS off IdentLookups off Why is proftpd so much slower than sftp and any pointers on increasing my proftpd performance? -- Adam Vandemore Systems Administrator IMED Mobility (605) 498-1610